The Baseball Writers Association of America (BBWAA) continued releasing their awards Wednesday night by announcing the results of the 2014 NL Cy Young voting. Clayton Kershaw, of the Los Angeles Dodgers, was a unanimous first place choice with the Cincinnati Reds' Johnny Cueto coming in second and Adam Wainwright, of the St. Louis Cardinals, rounding out the top three. As was the case in the NL Rookie of the Year voting, the Phillies had one player in the running for Cy Young. Cole Hamels finished sixth in the voting with six fourth place votes and five fifth place votes. Because of a lack of run support, Hamels went just 9-9 in his 30 starts but posted a career-low 2.46...

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